Cognitive Social Psychology
- 2 July 1977
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 3 (4), 550-566
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014616727700300402
Abstract
Social psychology is presently dominated by cognitive theories that emphasize the importance of personal beliefs and in tellective processes as the immediate determinants of behavior. The present paper explores two areas of.research within this tra dition : (1) beliefs about the external world, and (2) beliefs about the self. The paper concludes with a brief critique of the cognitive approach to social psychology.Keywords
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